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Eliminating EMFs in the bedroom.
Featured in "From House to Home" by Paula Baker-Laporte
February/March 2009
Just as wellness is more than the absence of disease, a healthy home means far more than a toxin-free environment.
Featured in "Natural Home Magazine" by Paula Baker-Laporte
January/February 2009
While creating a healthy home for her beloved parrots, a New Mexico eco-developer gets an education in green living.
Featured in "Natural Home Magazine" by Paula Baker-Laporte
January/February 2009
The Conwright home on Kemp Lake Road is an innovative home utilizing green technology.
Featured in "Sooke News Mirror" by Jim Sinclair
October 2008
The wondrous and perhaps alchemical permutations of clay, straw, water and wood have always provided New Mexicans with structures of sublime beauty and comfort.
Featured in "April 2006" by Elmo Baca
Creating a living space that can relieve illness and promote good health is less complicated - and less expensive - than you may think.
Featured in "Santa Fe Trend" by Nancy Zimmerman
Winter/Spring 2006
Designing and building human nests.
Featured in "Santa Fe Real Estate (Santa Fe New Mexican)" by Paul Weiderman
January 2006
Natural, sustainable materials are gentle on the environment and on the homeowners.
Featured in "Inspired House" by Paula Baker-Laporte
April 2005
Harmonious Homes, eco-dwellings that shelter the soul and protect the planet.
Featured in "Yoga Journal" by Molly Culbertson
October 2003
A simple blueprint for restoring body and soul.
Featured in "Alternative Medicine" by Sally Lehrman
September 2003
In the foothills of Santa Fe, a pair of globe-trotting yoga teachers build a house as healthy as they are.
Featured in "Organic Style" by Kelly Tagore
January/February 2003
A centuries-old building technique combines timber and clay to create durable homes in New Mexico. Home designed by Baker-Laporte and Associates and built by the EcoNest Building Company.
Featured in "Fine Homebuilding annual issue on Houses" by Paula Baker-Laporte
Summer 2002
The Stanton Residence designed by Baker-Laporte and Associates and built by EcoNest Building Company.
Featured in "Natural Home" by Linda Mason Hunter
May/June 2002
A husband-wife designer-builder team relies on natural materials and a tradition of craftsmanship to create their healthy New Mexico home.
Featured in "Natural Home" by Linda Mason Hunter
March 2002
A Home Buyer's Healthy Home Checklist
Why build a healthy home? Is there cause for concern?
Architectural and building practices can create either sick buildings or healthy buildings.
Until about 25 years ago, indoor air pollution was a very limited phenomenon, but three basic things have changed in the evolution of building technology resulting in the current widespread concern about the environmental quality inside our homes.
Can a home with clay-straw walls replace the log cabin as the ultimate symbol of green living?
The first in a series of columns titled Healthy Home Corner. Reprinted courtesy of Santa Fe Real Estate Guide
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